# Alligator attack on Florida mom sparks panicked 911 call: ‘Her arm is gone’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/alligator-attack-on-florida-mom-sparks-panicked-911-call-her-arm-is-gone/
- Published: 2026-11-08T21:30:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T22:33:56+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/alligator-attack-florida-mom-sparks-panicked-911-call-arm-gone
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Dina Spann survived an alligator attack in Florida.
- She lost her right arm below the elbow and part of a finger.
- Newly released calls record witnesses’ urgent pleas for help.

## Summary

Newly released 911 calls capture the panic after an alligator attacked Dina Spann, 58, while she was swimming with a group in Florida’s Silver River. Spann survived but lost her right arm below the elbow and part of a finger on her left hand.

The attack happened near Ray Wayside Park in Marion County over the summer. A witness rushed to the swimmers by boat, and Spann was taken to hospital; she later returned home in good spirits. The article also notes other Florida incidents this year, including a child injured in an alligator bite and the October death of a 71-year-old man.

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